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As quickly as the US sports betting market sprang into life, it has now ground to a halt. This, of course, is down to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic rather than regulatory pushback, but this puts operators across a number of states under huge pressure.

Considering the rapid progress and high regulatory costs were already weighing heavily on margins, the challenge now shifts to keeping the expensively acquired customers playing. This issue’s cover feature looks at the products available to mitigate the sporting shutdown.

iGB North America’s finance columnist Mohit Kansal also examines the impact of the pandemic, in a change to his regular column. He points out that the crisis could provide opportunities for investors, but warns that the impact will be most keenly felt on gaming destinations such as Las Vegas.

The pandemic has also resulted in iGB’s parent company Clarion Gaming postponing the ICE North America show until spring 2021. It will be replaced by ICE North America Digital, a week-long series of panels, interviews and presentations that will run from May 11 to 15. We hope as many of our readers as possible will be able to join, and with some digital networking opportunities, the iGB North America team will be available to meet remotely.

iGaming in North America is never going to be boring. This issue we look at likely scenarios for Canadian iGaming, talk to Jim Ryan about New Jersey and have Assemblyman Gatto sharing his thoughts on the future of iGaming in California.

While 2014 was the year of consolidation, we now say hello to 2015, and that means it is time to make predictions for the year ahead. Our iGaming North America conference team has been discussing this matter for the past several months, so these p

The biggest news of the day is of course the Amaya-Poker Stars deal; and we have covered it from every angle this issue. NJ Senator Lesniak is pushing to get NJ gamblers betting on sports despite recent legal setbacks. While many see his plight as